swaddle
verb (swaddle, swaddles, swaddled, swaddling); noun (swaddling clothes, old use)
Everyday
- To swaddle is to wrap a baby tightly in soft cloth so it cannot move its arms or legs much. tree →
- Swaddling clothes are the cloths used for this. (old use) tree →
In the lessons
in fairy tales a baby is wrapped up and laid in a safe place, as in a stork bringing a swaddled child
Examples
- The mother swaddled the baby in a blanket. tree →
- The stork carried a baby in swaddling clothes. tree →
- Babies were often swaddled tightly long ago. tree →
Note
nothing for maths
In Jewish tradition
in fairy tales a baby is wrapped up and laid in a safe place, as in a stork bringing a swaddled child
Examples
- And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water for cleansing; thou was not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. (Prophets EZK.16.4, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
nothing for maths
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «swaddle» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «swaddle» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «swaddle» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «swaddle» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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